• Polish President Karol Nawrocki said Poland is ready to host US troops withdrawn from Germany and will personally lobby Donald Trump.
  • The Pentagon is preparing to withdraw about 5,000 troops from Germany over the next year, with Trump hinting at larger reductions.
  • Prime Minister Donald Tusk warned Poland should not ‘poach’ troops from allies, drawing criticism from the opposition Law and Justice party.
  • Negotiations between Warsaw and Washington on expanding the US military presence in Poland are already underway at military and diplomatic levels.
  • Poland currently hosts about 10,000 US troops, while Germany has about 36,000.

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